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4 years ago
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sims 3 64 bits not working

Can someone please help me. I downloaded the sims 3 64 bits on origin on my macbook but every-time i try to open it the launcher comes up but then i press the play button and it says error sims 3 base game is not compatible with the expansion packs. I didnt even download the expansion packs I had and it keeps coming up .i have tried everything i have deleted all files from the old sims 3 and ive tried to move the folder out of ea documents and ive tried to delete the versiontag file but nothings working. Ive installed and uninstalled so many times but I just dont know what the problem is with the 64 bits sims 3. My macbook is updated to macOS BigSur. Please someone help me i have tried everything and EA support is no help. 

  • @maryamm7221  Please make sure you're deleting the correct Version.tag file, not a copy in iCloud.  Open a Finder window and click Macintosh HD in the left panel, then open Users > your username > Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3.  If you don't see Macintosh HD, click Finder in the upper-left corner of the screen and select Preferences > Sidebar, then check the box next to hard disks.

    If this doesn't help, please let me know whether there's a Sims 3 folder at all in the file path above, and if there is, move it to the desktop (or just rename it) and try to play again.

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  • @maryamm7221  Please make sure you're deleting the correct Version.tag file, not a copy in iCloud.  Open a Finder window and click Macintosh HD in the left panel, then open Users > your username > Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3.  If you don't see Macintosh HD, click Finder in the upper-left corner of the screen and select Preferences > Sidebar, then check the box next to hard disks.

    If this doesn't help, please let me know whether there's a Sims 3 folder at all in the file path above, and if there is, move it to the desktop (or just rename it) and try to play again.

  • maryamm7221's avatar
    maryamm7221
    4 years ago
    @puzzlezaddict Hey Could you please help me with another problem I am having! Im trying to download cc and the sims3pack work just fine and show up in the launcher and download in the launcher, but packages or zip files/ rar files even when extracted arent working or coming up in the launcher. I am putting them under downloads where the sims3packs work fine but i even made a folder mods>packages> that also has a resource file, n some cc just isnt showing up even with that, Could you please help me with this I would really appreciate it!
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    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @maryamm7221  Maybe you already know this, but just to clarify, any file that ends in .package needs to go into Mods > Packages, and any Sims3Pack needs to go into Downloads, both inside the Sims 3 folder.  The resource.cfg file needs to go directly inside Mods.  Additionally, you need to delete the cache files in the same folder whenever you add or remove content.  For reference, these files are:

    • CASPartCache.package
    • compositorCache.package
    • scriptCache.package
    • simCompositorCache.package
    • socialCache.package

    If this doesn't help, try the framework and two sample mods provided here:

    https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Installing_Sims_3_Package_Files/Setup_and_Files

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